.NET MAUI - controller Handle address

Question

I've started playing with the latest RC release of .NET MAUI. I wish to migrate a Windows application I have, so later on it could be multi-platform. For Windows, my application needs to get the handle for a controller (then passed to a 3rd party library that makes use of it).

In my WinForms application what I usually do is something like IntPtr controlHandle = MyControl.Handle;

Is it possible to get the Handle on a control in .NET MAUI? I remember in the past checking this for a WPF application and for all controls it returned the main window handle address, but there was a way to create a new control with it's own handle. Is there such possibility in MAUI?

user_18355390 · Answer

just in case someone is still trying to figure this out.

        // Get the current window's HWND by passing in the Window object
        var hwnd = ((MauiWinUIWindow)App.Current.Windows[0].Handler.NativeView).WindowHandle;

references: https://blog.verslu.is/maui/folder-picker-with-dotnet-maui/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190412-00/?p=102413

.NET MAUI - controller Handle address

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